Criminal Justice Minor

Requirements for a Minor in Criminal Justice

Nineteen Semester Hours

A. American Government - Three semester hours selected from

• PSC 1305 American National Government, or PSC 1306 American State and Local Government

B. Criminal Justice Core - Seven semester hours as listed below:

• PSC/PPS 3302 Criminal Justice
• SOC 4352 Criminology
• PPS 1102 Community Law Enforcement

C. Public Policy, Law, and Criminal Justice - Six semester hours selected from:*

• PSC/PPS 3372 Law, Justice, and Community
• CSS 3306 Interviewing
• CSS 3307 Legal Communication
• PSC 3312 Public Administration
• PSC 3320 Minority and Ethnic Group Politics
• PSC 3321 Criminal Law
• PSC 3322 American Public Policy
• PSC 4321 Administrative Law
• PSC 4330 Urban Political Processes
• PSC 4381 American Constitutional Law: Rights and Liberties
• SOC 3360 Juvenile Delinquency
• SOC 3361 Extreme Deviance
• PSY 3321 Abnormal Psychology
• PSY 3330 Psychopathology

D. Internship - Three semester hours selected from:

• PSC 3382 Public Service Internship (criminal justice focus)
• PSC 3392 Washington Internship (criminal justice focus)
• PSC 3398 Bob Bullock Internship (criminal justice focus)

*Appropriate courses not listed here may be substituted with approval.

For more information and approval, please contact:

Dr. Patrick J. Flavin
Professor of Political Science
Baylor University
Draper 307.01; 254-710-7418
Patrick_J_Flavin@baylor.edu